Stock drencher



April 21, 1925.

C. E. NICHOLS STOCK 'DRENCHER Filed Nav. 24, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 C. E. NICHOLS STOCK DRENCHER Filed Nov. 24, 1923 April 21 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 21, 1925-.

UNITED STATES CHARLES E. NICHOLS, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO.

-STOCK DRENCHER.

Application led November 24, 1923. Serial No. 676,798.

To all whom it maig/ concern:

Be it known that. I, CHARLES E. NICHOLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellefontaine, in the Vcounty of Logan and Sta-te of Ohio7 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock Drenchers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used on railroads for drenching or watering livestock in transit in stock cars.

At the present time there is used for this purpose a rather cumbersome construction made of wood and pipe and this as a rule is so constructed that it is necessary to place it on the outside of the track on account of there not being sufficient clearance between the tracks.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a drencher of an improved character which is adapted to be placed between two tracks and which is so constructed as to drench a car on either track and at the saine time provide for sufficient clearance.

A further object is to provide a construction of this character which can be locked in a safe positio-n when not in use so that when locked it cannot possibly project out into the way of a car, and which is further so constructed that an operator standing on the ground may discharge two diffused streams o-f water to each deck of a double deck stock car at the same time or discharge all four streams in a direction to reach any part of a single deck car. this adjustable con struction being such that the operator is enabled to deliver the water at any desired an le.

still further object is to provide a construction of this character which is rotatable on a vertical axis so that it may be used between two tracks and will drench cars on either track.

Another object is to provide a device of this character with a shield which protects the operator from being splashed, which is constructed entirely of metal and which is, therefore, more durable than the old type of stock drencher.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. v

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a. rear elevation of a stock drencher constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the stock drencher shown in Figure 1 and showing the position of the nozzles in dotted lines;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the stock drencher shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4: is a fragmentary detail elevation of the standpipe and riser pipe with the means for holding the two pipes in locked relation;

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view of the standpipe and riser pipe.k

The stock drencher constructed in accordance with my invention comprises a stand pipe 10 whch is constructed of four-inch pipe, it being understood, of course, that the pipe may be of any suitable dimension, this pipe extending down through a concrete o-r other base 11 and being connected to a. source of water. This pipe section 10 may be threaded so as to be connected to a supply pipe and is to be set in concrete preferably, but may be supported on timbers embedded in the ground.

Disposed within the stand pipe 10 is a riser pipe section 12. The lower end of this section, which is inserted within the Stand pipe 10, is outwardly fiared, as at 13, so as to bear against the inner face of the fourinch stand pipe and hold the pipe section 1.2 erect. The upper end of the stand pipe is eXteriorly screw-threaded and engaged therewith is a collar 14 interiorly screwthreaded to receive a packing nut or gland 15. This construction, it will be seen, permits the riser pipe to be rotated within the stand pipe 10. The pipe section 12 has in it a valve 16 whereby passage upward through this pipe section may be checked or controlled, and above this valve there is a` pipe section 17 which at its upper end terminates in a cross fitting 18 having the laterally extending nipples 19 terminate ing in elbows 20. Extending downward from these elbows 20 are depending nozzles 21 having flattened outlets 22. The reducing elbows 20 may rotate upon the nipples 19 but the nipples may rotate within the cross fitting 18, but in either case the nozzles 21 are mounted for oscillation in a vertical plane.

Extending upward from the cross fitting 18 is a pipe section 23 which terminates at its upper end in a cross 24 having laterally projecting nipples 25, reducing elbows 26, and the nozzles 27 which are formedV eX- actly as the nozzles 21. Extending across llO Vrearrend ofthe lever' 31,5 and the rear end 29 also attached to thesenozz-leswby U-bolts.

Mounted upon a collai` 30 yfast upon the pipe section 23 are levers 3l and 32 These levers are disposed on opposite sides of the pipe section 28. by a connecting rod to the cross bar 29 'a connectingrodtis connected'to the otthedeveris connected bythe connecting 'rod-BQ-to ya handle '38 which is pivoted at 36 upon a cellar 37 -held in place upon pipe 'section lli" 'by'ineans iof a set screws This interinediate'its ends Ais pivoted'to the coni necting rod 39. When this handlef is dei pressedit' willU be" obvious thattheouter end of the lever BIwill'be raised and this willf-`shift the #upper discharge nozzles upwardly,` and'when the handle;38lisraised it' zwill` depress lth'ese discharge :nozzles 2T Byshiftiiig the lever,"th'e discharge nozzles maybeadjustedfat any desired point. The lower setof ndischarge nozzles 2l are operatedbya sefc'ond llever Sffalso pivoted upon thefcol'lai this lever being connected by a 'connecting rod` 34 to the leverQ` Vwhich has' itsouter'f'end connected by a 'connecting rodf 335 tothe cross ,bar Q8. Thus by'toperating, the second handle 355 the pair of nozzles Ql inay beA adjusted, and Yitwill be nc'ted*that` thedischarge `nozzles 21" are cai pable of independent adjustment from the discharge 'nozzles 'Qf In order to' preventanoperator-troni `becoming 'splashed Jwith water while-'manipulating the handles 35 andBS, I provide a shield, designated generally" 4l. This shield cXtendsupward Vin ront'offthe pipe sections 10":`nd i2 'and at-"a pointjustv abovethe collafr 37,',A ithe shieldv is angularly bent, `the pipe section" 17 extending' through an opening in this angularlybent portion, and "then the shield. extends upward -tovv 'a point above the upper set of 'discharge nozzles. This shield may' be finade of afpluralitfv 'ot "sections riveted'or bolted :together it" desired and i do'notI wishftofbe liinited to the particular construction of; the"- shield. Thisy shieldffis made"of'galvanized sheet ironand is supported bylineans of a traine l2? of angle irn."v The traineis braced by cross bars 43 atintervals"an l to'certain of these cross bars 43 'a strap 44 attached which `einbracesthefpipe sections 12,17 and QS'so that this shield' isr4 mounted uponthe rotatable riser pipe and oscillates with this'friser pipe asfthe risei` pipe is shiited in one direction or the other.` The shield is, of course, long enough so as to corne down belowlthe upper end of the Vstand pipe but clear of the yground or iloorg is high: enoughfto extendfabove theupper spray, and the shield is, of course The lever .3l is connected wide enough soasto fullyxprotecttheioperator-ifrorn` ,gettingwett` Theriser pipe is held against oscillation and .in correct. position by means 0f a combined'handleand locking device. This l.comprises a strap 45 which embraces the riser pipe and has two outwardly extending ears 4:6. Pivoted between these ears is the handle l? flattened at its lower end and slotted, as at 48. Surrounding the "stand pipe below theLco-llar 14 isafstrap` 49 having outwardly pi'ojectingeyes aclaptedito pass throughthe slot LlSl-in the handle Whenithe handle is-in a vertical positionj When the handleyis in a verticat-position with one ot ythe eyes passed vthrough the 1 slot,` 'a lock; ing deiiice` of any suitable characteryeither a padlock-lor I a snap holn` this 'locking fdel vice being designated50511y `may `be=` passed through the eye,fthus locking'lthe handle fronrbeing raised unanthorizedly` or acci: dentally. When tlie'l1andle1 isf'astenedi` as described,fthe spray pipesare disposed in planes parallelv to the Itracksy soflthat none of the niechanisin will project koutjin such position as to be struck by a trainon either of the tracks; 1 Whenfthedevice'is unlocked, however7 for use,K1 obviously'the` risen 1 pipe may be"oscillatediffairdi turned 'aroundfbto any `desired position sol asto discharger'a stream of `water throughthe several inozzles.

If in the installation 'vot this devicefto serve only one track, it is desirable tofdo away with theoscillating feature'onaccount of there being no need/otit7 thelriser pipe l2 `inay be extended downwardly through the concreteor other basell anddirectly connected to a source of watenthus eliininat` ing the'ioutside tlaringl of theA riser pipe l2 and eliminating the collar 14; and `packing nut er gland i5 las shown inFigurestand 5;

t will be'seen that the typewf stock drencher which I have described 'andlwhich is ilhistratedis made up ofstandard pipe and fittings, torgings, angle ironsyand sheet inetal.l The upper nozzles may be used for discharging; water into upper doublede'ck cars, whilethe lower nozzles discharge water into the lower declls'ot these carsiforvall tour'nozzles may ybe used to Ireach any part of asingle declrfcar.` Obviouslyth operator by manipulating the/levers 4can shift the upper nozzles vand ,lower nozzles into any desired angular relation The mechanism can beplaced between two'tracks and will drench `cars on either track ibi`1tl1as thesaine clearance asa Poage water column. By the locking` mechanism fillustrated *the drenching -incchanisin may bedoCkedv infsafe position when not "inuse, The olieratcr,` itwill be seen, standsl'on the groundto oper ate 'this drencher and does not"` liavejto cliinb onto any platform. Atthesalne being splashed.

lllti I claim 1. A stock drencher adapted to be disposed beside a track and including a vertical pipe rotatably supported at its lower end and connected to a source of water, a nozzle carried by said piper and projecting out therefrom, and mounted for oscillation on and relative to the pipe, a shield mounted upon p-ipe for rotation therewith and ex' downward behind said nozzles, and manually operable means disposed behind the shield for controlling the flow of )vater through the nozzles and for oscillating said nozzles.

3. A stock drencher adapted to be disposed beside a track including a vertical pipe, a pair of nozzles mounted upon the upper end or the pipe for oscillation in a vertical plane, a. pair of nozzles mounted below the first named pair for oscillation in a vertical plane, and means for independently shifting said nozzles comprising independent handles each operatively connected to a pair of nozzles.

4. A stock drencher adapted to be disposed beside a track including a vertical pipe, a pair of nozzles mounted upon the upper end of the pipe for oscillation in a vertical plane, a pair of nozzles mounted below the first named pair for oscillation in a vertical plane, means for independently shiftin said nozzles comprising independent handles each operatively connected to a pair of nozzles, and a shield carried upon said pipe and extending downward behind said nozzles and in front of said operating means.

5. A stock drencher adapted to be disposed beside a. track and including a vertical stand pipe, a riser pipe having rotatable engagement with the standpipe and extending upward therefrom, the riser pipe at its upper end being formed with laterally extending branches having a downwardly extending set of nozzles, the nozzles being mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, the riser pipe below the first named nozzles being provided with laterally extending branches having a set of nozzles mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, a shield extending downward behind the upper porti-on of the riser pipe and behind said nozzles and below the lower set of nozzles extending forward of the riser pipe an-d then downward, and handles operatively supported by the riser pipe and disposed behind said shield and operatively connected to the sets of nozzles whereby the nozzles mayY be oscillated.

G. A stock drencher adapted to be disposed beside a track and including a vertical standpipe, a riser pipe having rotatable engagement with a standpipe extending upward therefrom, the riser pipe at its upper end being formed with laterally extending branches having a downwardly extending set of nozzles, the nozzles being mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, the riser pipe below the first named nozzles being provided with laterally extending branches having a set of nozzles mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, a shield eX- tending downward behind the upper portion of the riser pipe and behind said nozzles and below the lower set of nozzles extending forward of the riser pipe and then downward, handles operatively supported by the riser pipe and disposed behind said shield and operatively connected to the sets of nozzles whereby the nozzles may be oscillated, and means for locking the riser pipe in either of two adjusted positions.

7. A stock 'drencher adapted to be disposed beside a track and including a vertical standpipe, a risel1 pipe having rotatable engagement with the standpipe and extending upward therefrom, the riser pipe at its upper end being formed with laterally extending branches having a downwardly extending set of nozzles, the nozzles being mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, the riser pipe below the iirst named nozzles being provided with laterally extending branches having a-setof nozzles mounted for oscillation in vertical planes, a shield extending downward behind the upper portion of the riser pipe and behind said nozzles and below the lower set of nozzles' extending forward of the riser pipeand then downward, handles operatively supported by the riser pipe and disposed behind said shield and operatively connected to the sets of nozzles whereby the nozzles may be oscillated, means for locking the riser pipe in either of two adjusted positions including a handle operatively supported for pivotal movement upon the riser pipe and normally depending parallel to and below the upper end of the standpipe, the handle having a slot, and means mounted upon the standpipe and extending outward and adapted to be received in said slot.

8. A stock drencher of the character described adapted to be dispo-sed between tracks and including a vertical standpipe connected to a source of water, a riser pipe rotatably mounted within the standpipe and www 

